Classification of regional labour markets for purposes of labour market policy

2010 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 859-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Blien ◽  
Franziska Hirschenauer ◽  
Phan Thi Hong Van
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Regional Labour Markets

TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DIVERSITY OF LOCAL LABOUR MARKETS IN POLAND

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 437-448
Author(s):  
Ewa Rollnik-Sadowska ◽  
Marta Jarocka ◽  
Ewa Glińska
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Labour Market Situation ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Local Labour Markets ◽  
Local Labour

The situation in the labour market is conditioned by many factors that often have a local dimension. Identification of different levels of development of labour demand as well as potential of labour supply on the local level is a crucial element of diagnosis of reasons for regional and local diversity and implementation of an appropriate labour market policy. As there is available a variety of indicators describing regional labour relations, there is a need to create synthetic measure to include different aspects of the labour market situation. The aim of the paper is identification of the diversity of the situation in the local labour markets of all 16 Polish voivodeships. At the first step, a synthetic measure including eight variables was created. At the second stage 16 Polish voivodeships were clustered following Ward’s and k-means methods. As the authors assume that the position of voivodeship labour markets is connected with the position of capital cities, the analysis was deepened by ranking voivodeship cities based on Hellwig’s method. As a result of conducted research and the classification of Polish voivodeships and their capital cities in the context of the situation in the labour market, there have been identified the reasons of regions’ positions and proposed recommendations for the labour market policy. 

5. Labour markets

2018 ◽  
pp. 70-88
Author(s):  
Philip N. Jefferson
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Skill Level ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Financial Return ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Skill Gaps ◽  
And Gender

For most people, their performance in the labour market determines their station in life. What determines who earns what in the labour market? Are there systemic impediments that inhibit the ability of particular groups to prosper in the labour market? What is the role of education, skills, race, and gender? Are there ways to make the financial return on work greater regardless of skill level? If skills are lacking, are there policies that directly help to close skill gaps? ‘Labour markets’ considers these questions and concludes that a goal of labour market policy is to create pathways out of poverty. Well-functioning labour markets facilitate the economic mobility of people over the course of their lifetimes and across generations.

scholarly journals Active labour market policy in the UK: At a (local) crossroads?

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Orton ◽  
Anne E Green
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Active Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Uk

Active labour market policy has developed into a widely used and seemingly embedded approach to addressing worklessness, both in the UK and internationally. But the future of UK active labour market policy looks far from certain. Some recent developments suggest demise and diminution. But at the same time there is also evidence of more positive points, including increasing recognition of the importance of employer involvement and activity at local level. Possible future trajectories are considered in the light of emerging developments, and two potential scenarios for future UK active labour market policy are posited: ‘less support, more sticks’ and an ‘active local labour markets approach’.

Collective Bargaining and the Labour Market Flexibility Debate in New Zealand: A Review

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Harbridge ◽  
David Rea
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Labour Market Flexibility

This paper reviews the empirical evidence of rigidity in the New Zealand labour market over the period 1984–1990, with particular reference to collective bargaining. It demonstrates that labour market institutions displayed an important degree of flexibility over this period. Despite this, labour markets were stigmatized as ‘inflexible’ in public debate and labour market policy has been driven by the assumption that more flexibility was required.

The Role of Migration in the Formation of Regional Labour Markets Amidst the Second Wave of Depopulation in Modern Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
A. V. Topilin ◽  
A. S. Maksimova
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Sample Surveys ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Permanent Migration ◽  
Regional Labour Markets ◽  
The Impact

The article reflects the results of a study of the impact of migration on regional labour markets amidst a decline in the working-age population in Russia. After substantiating the relevance of the issues under consideration, the authors propose a methodological analysis toolkit, the author’s own methodology for calculating the coefficients of permanent long-term external and internal labour migration in regional labour markets, and the coefficient of total migration burden. In addition, the authors provide an overview of the information and statistical base of the study. According to current migration records, data of Rosstat sample surveys on Russian labour migrants leaving for employment in other regions, regional labour resources balance sheets based on the calculated coefficients of labour market pressures, the authors analyzed the impact of migration on the Russian regional labour markets over the past decade. It revealed an increasing role of internal labour migration in many regions, primarily in the largest economic agglomerations and oil and gas territories. At the same time, the role of external labour migration remains stable and minimum indicators of the contribution of permanent migration to the formation of regional labour markets continue to decrease. It has been established that irrational counter flows of external and internal labour migration have developed, which indicates not only an imbalance in labour demand and supply but also a discrepancy between the qualitative composition of migrants and the needs of the economy. It is concluded that the state does not effectively regulate certain types of migration, considering its impact on the labour market. The authors justified the need for conducting regular household sample surveys according to specific programs to collect information about labour migrants and the conditions for using their labour. In addition to the current migration records, using interregional analysis, this information allows making more informed decisions at the federal and regional levels to correct the negative situation that has developed in the regional labour markets even before the coronavirus pandemic had struck.

scholarly journals Economic strength of Slovakia’s regions

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
S. Buchta
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Regional Impacts ◽  
The Rich

The article deals with the identification and categorisation of economic power of Slovak regions on the base of collecting of unemployment support payment from the employers, employees, and natural persons entrepreneurs into the employment fund. The analysis shows that during the last years, the number of rich regions has decreased and there rises the number of counties which have to be supported by the division of means from the rich counties. The article consequently categorises the development of economically strong and weak counties of Slovakia in the years 1999–2002 and marks the causes of regional polarisation of Slovakia, lying in its economic and structural difficulties. Alongside increasing the regional polarisation in the rate of unemployment, there continues to rise the re-distribution of funds for labour-market policy from the economically stronger regions to the economically weaker regions, which are reliant on socio-spatial solidarity. The course of economic transformation up to date has had significantly different regional impacts and creates unequal chances for people as well as businesses in the afflicted areas.

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